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And how much of the nation's tax burden should be shouldered by households earning minimum wage ($14,500 per year, gross)?
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The same as everyone else since they enjoy the same benefits.
I have never seen any substantiated reason why the rich should pay more in taxes that the poor that does not take this country one step further to Marxism - "to each according to their needs, from each according to their means."
In my experience, the rich (I mean 7 figure incomes) don't pay as much in tax simply because they have money, not because they are not asked for the tax. Money buys good attorneys, CPAs and tax experts. If there's a loop hole the rich are equiped to find it. If the middle class threw their "Turbo Tax" computer program in the trash and invested in a good tax person they would get alot more of a return. In general, the poor remain poor because of their ignorance. It doesn't matter how much the rich pay in taxes to "better" these people. The majority of the poor will continue to remain in poverty as will their offspring. Those who will make it out don't do it because the rich paid more taxes - they work at it. Geez, the poor of the world should just go to night school after their day shift at Walmat and quit crying about their sense of entitlement.
For those in the middle class, please list all the consistent charitable contributions you make to the poor. Saying the rich should be taxed more is easy. Let's here from people who actually put their hard earned wages where their mouth is and voluntarily give it away.